Placer County is adapting its rules to make it easier for food truck owners to operate, while ensuring their food products are safely prepared. “It’s not just greasy food anymore,” said Jim Sweet, co-owner of JJ’s Smoke ‘N’ BBQ out of Loomis. “People are really doing unique items on the menu. Here on our truck, […]
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The report and photos below are from U.S. Forest Service wilderness ranger scouting expeditions on July 2. The trail around Upper and Lower Echo Lakes is completely melted out giving relatively snow free access to Tamarak, Ralston and Cagwin lakes. Around the Lucille and Margery lakes junction, the trail to Lake Aloha is completely covered […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – Hanging on and letting go at the same. Free, yet harnessed in. Remote wilderness, but modern safety features. For a brief moment the world seems to stand still, and yet it’s whirring by at 40 mph. Welcome to the world of ziplining. While there was a time when this swinging […]
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Heavenly Mountain Resort’s Silver Rush zipline is new as of this month. It’s a series of five ziplines on the Nevada side. Video shot by Heavenly for Lake Tahoe News.
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the July 7, 2017, Reno Gazette-Journal. Wildfires have already claimed homes in the Reno-Sparks area. Tens of thousands of acres have burned. And it’s only July. We can all play a role in minimizing fires going forward. Think about where you can make a difference. It may seem obvious […]
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By Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle Hate crimes in California are increasing, particularly attacks on Muslims and gay men, after nearly a decade of decline, the state attorney general’s office reported. There were 931 hate-driven incidents reported by local law enforcement agencies in 2016, an 11.2 percent increase over the 2015 total and a 20 […]
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By Cameron Best, ABC News Former Reno resident Greg LeMond is an innovator and businessman who just happened to win the world’s most famous bike race — three times. LeMond won the Tour de France in 1986, 1989 and 1990 riding carbon fiber bikes, and pioneered the use of the strong, lightweight material in cycling. […]
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The Lake Tahoe Bicycle Coalition has produced a new Tahoe Bike Map, which will be available for free at visitor centers and bike shops. The paper map, which was designed for the Bike Coalition by Truckee-based SDBX Studios, has been completely overhauled and features the latest Tahoe bike trails. It depicts Tahoe’s South Shore on […]
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By Jenny Kane, Reno Gazette-Journal The four Reno dispensaries licensed to sell recreational marijuana each raked in “hundreds of thousands of dollars” in the past four days from the state’s first legal recreational marijuana sales, according to Will Adler, executive director of the Sierra Cannabis Coalition. The Nevada Department of Taxation will not release numbers for state revenue […]
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· Emerald Bay State Park needs volunteers to work July 12, 9am-2pm to help restore the historic garden at Vikingsholm. Kids ages 10 and up welcome with a legal guardian. Go online to register. · Tahoe Mountain Bike Patrol is recruiting for patrollers and running a training session on July 8. Patrollers mainly ride in […]
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